Electronic Properties and Design of Nanotube-Based New Materials

2009 Fiscal Year Self-evaluation Report

• Project Area: Carbon nanotube nanoelectronics
• Project/Area Number: 19054005
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Priority Areas
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Review Section: Science and Engineering
• Research Institution: Tokyo Institute of Technology
• Principal Investigator: SAITO Susumu Tokyo Institute of Technology, 大学院・理工学研究科, 教授 (00262254)
• Project Period (FY): 2007 – 2011
• Keywords: カーボンナノチューブ / 半導体ナノチューブ / ホウ素ドープ / 窒素ドープ / 密度汎関数理論 / 不純物準位

Research Abstract

ナノメートルスケールでの顕著な量子効果は、今世紀の新物質開発・新デバイス設計の鍵とされている。本計画研究は、ナノチューブ・フラーレン複合系を含むナノチューブ新物質系に対して、伝導現象の詳細解明研究、密度汎関数法に基づく第一原理電子構造・全エネルギー研究による安定性予言、さらには新機能炭素ナノネットワーク物質の設計研究を展開することにより、ナノエレクトロニクス素材としてのカーボンナノチューブ系に対して定量的かつ総合的な理論研究を推進することを目標とするものである。

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Body-Centered Tetragonal C4: A Viable sp3 Carbon Allotrope (2010)
  • Author(s): K. Umemoto, R.M. Wentzcovitch, S. Saito, T. Miyake
  • Journal Title: Physical Review Letters 104 Pages: 125504
• [Journal Article] Constant-Pressure Molecular-Dynamics Study of Carbon Nanotubes and Electronic Structure of New Phases (2010)
  • Author(s): M. Sakurai, S. Saito
  • Journal Title: Japanese Journal of Applied Physics 49 Pages: 02BB05
• [Journal Article] Experimentally Determined Redox Potentials of Individual (n, m) Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes (2009)
  • Author(s): Y. Tanaka, Y. Hirana, Y. Niidome, K. Kato, S. Saito, N. Nakashima
  • Journal Title: Angewandte Chemie 121 Pages: 7791
• [Journal Article] Electronic structure of boron-doped carbon nanotube (2008)
  • Author(s): T. Koretsune, S. Saito
  • Journal Title: Physical Review B 77 Pages: 165417
• [Journal Article] Theory of the electronic structure of alternating MgB2 and graphene layered structures (2008)
  • Author(s): P. Zhang, S. Saito, S.G. Louie, M.L. Cohen
  • Journal Title: Physical Review B 77 Pages: 052501
• [Presentation] Detailed and Systematic Study of Geometries, Energetics, and Electronic Properties of Thin Carbon Nanotubes (2009)
  • Author(s): S. Saito
  • Organizer: 6th Korea-Japan Symposium on Carbon Nanotube
  • Place of Presentation: Ginowan, Japan
  • Year and Date: 20091025-20091028
• [Presentation] Energetics and Electronic Properties of Doped Carbon Nanotubes (2009)
  • Author(s): S. Saito
  • Organizer: CECAM/Psi-k Workshop on Computational Studies of Defects in Nanoscale Carbon Materials (DNC09)
  • Place of Presentation: Lausanne, Switzerland
  • Year and Date: 20090511-20090513
• [Presentation] キャリアドープしたカーボンナノチューブの電子格子相互作用 (2008)
  • Author(s): 是常隆、斎藤晋
  • Organizer: 日本物理学会2008年秋季大会
  • Place of Presentation: 盛岡市
  • Year and Date: 2008-09-23
• [Presentation] Electronic Structure of Boron-Doped Carbon Nanotube (2007)
  • Author(s): T. Koretsune, S. Saito
  • Organizer: Materials Research Society 2007 Fall Meeting
  • Place of Presentation: Boston
  • Year and Date: 2007-11-27
• [Presentation] Electronic Structure and Structural Phase Transformation of Nanostructured Materials (2007)
  • Author(s): S. Saito
  • Organizer: Yukawa International Seminar 2007
  • Place of Presentation: Kyoto
  • Year and Date: 2007-11-12
• [Book] Carbon Nanotubes: Quantum Cylinders of Graphene (2008)
  • Author(s): S. Saito, A. Zettl
  • Publisher: Elsevier